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Lloyd performed unbelievably during the WWC, but people are only remembering her for her performance during the final game, which isn't representative of her performance as a whole. Before the WWC Morgan was injured, and only came in to play for their third game, even then, she had to play partial time, not the whole game, at risk of her injury getting worse (and she just recently announced she's sitting out again, with injury, so she clearly didn't rest enough). Morgan got to where she is (face of the USWNT) because she's been a consistent player ever since she showed up. She was injured during the WWC and therefore couldn't perform at her best. The cover shouldn't show the best performance in a tournament that happened only a month ago (true, it's the biggest in the world), but of the player as a whole. Morgan has been phenomenal for years now, so she worked hard to get where she is. She's also hot as fuck. So there's that.

Well that's the thing. A lot of people are reacting to Carli Lloyd the same way that the US reacted to Tim Howard in the 2014 world cup. She's an unbelievable player. But all of the US team's women are. She's not the best. It's hard to classify a "best", they're only as good as the whole team, and the whole team works together so smoothly. It's hard to know that if you caught the last game or two of the WWC this year and nothing more. I'm not trying to be that "I know more than everyone" asshole, but I've been a huge fan of the USWNT for about 6 years now, and I watch all the games fut16coin can (when they're on TV, which wasn't much, but hopefully that'll change!) and I can safely say that outside of the WWC this year, Lloyd wasn't a goddess. Again, she's fantastic. But they all are, and she doesn't always stand out. Morgan has been the face of the USWNT since their last olympics, and because of that EA definitely wanted someone more familiar on their cover. I agree, it's someone that we all know, and she's been consistently valuable to the team.And again, this is a moot point here, but she's also insanely attractive.

Yeah exactly, when I think of American football (mens and womans) I think of Alex Morgan. Carli Lloyd is probably not one of the people I would name when it comes to American football when it really comes down to it, and thats what EA Sports wants, a recognizable face that even the most casual fan will recognize.Honestly Carli Lloyd also somewhat reminds me of TJ Oshie from the 2014 American Mens hockey team. Played big at the right place in the right time, but other than that hasnt really been that "stand out player" anywhere else.

That's a great analogy for her. I do want her to be seen as one of the greats, because she is. But like I said before you can only have so many "stars" on a team, regardless of how good every single player is. When you think US Women's soccer (or football, to each their own) you think Morgan, Wambach, and Solo (unfortunately, she's a bad person) as the "stars" of the squad. It's just hard for the general public to remember so many names from one team, the team needs a group of faces that everyone knows, and that space is already filled by the few I mentioned before. But Lloyd knows she's a great player and so do the "hardcore" fans of the USWNT, so that still counts for something I think.

You're just looking at the shallow end where people are bitching about Messi being on every cover and Alex Morgan being too mainstream for the hip crowd that pretends to enjoy Women's soccer when it comes around once every 4 years then mysteriously vanishes. It's like a public pool. A lot of kids shit in the shallow end but you have to look deeper to get to the part where the grownups swim.

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There's going to be a lot of people that are going to crack it like children just because this 'isn't an important feature' they're entitled and pretentious 12 year olds spending mommies and daddies money.

Seriously. Fifa has lots of issues. But people will complain regardless. The community (if you can even call it that) is shit. We're all shit. We all complain and moan.

A lot of it is just a selection bias. fut16coin means when exploits happen for us, we stay quiet, so we don't notice it as much. But when it happens for your opponent? Game is obviously cheating etc.

I mean yeah there are bugs and the AI is dumb as rocks and keepers suck but.. The game is awesome, and I love it.

I love these little features. I mean I love all the new stuff they add so much. I love the detail and immersion stuff (though in FUT and such it does get old fast). I just wish they would focus on more than just small details and FUT. Like you know, the rest of the game modes and such.

But hey, 16 isn't out yet, and who knows how it'll be. I mean I'm gonna wager not much better, but minor improvements all throughout. I'll probably still buy it. And I'm sure most of the "lol I'm getting PES" crowd isn't willing to put their money where their mouth is. Also I'd love to try PES, but the PC version is utter utter utter utter utter (yes that much) shit.

You know I'm on pc too and i can t play two games in row in peace without some glitcher show up and i hate it because i have fun to play fifa this game actually is alright even it has huge issues but god damn it i want to play online but i can t get to play it in peace for 2 games in row.

So i'm all complaining about it all the fucking time here but what else i can do? i can't play damn game i paid it but i can't play the mode i want to play in peace. So i really can't understand how it makes me shit? Community is shit i agree but complaining this sort of things does not make me fucking shit person.

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I know how to defend. Lol im not a shitty player. fut16coin just prefer a slower paced brand of football and not this arcadey shit games you get so often on FuT. Anyway what im talking about is mainly from the kickoff. Against good players they can penetrate pretty far into ur defense which is unrealistic . You shouldnt concede ANY goals like this ever bc IRL it never happens.

I use to concede these all the time but now I do maybe once every 30 games. The key is to run back with your cam or cm right away and have your AI press the guy with the ball. Then you need to always stay on the inside of him, he'll try to cut inside and when he does its easy to take the ball off him

In all honesty, defending isn't broken. Sure its harder against fast attackers but instead of having to chase them, if you developed your interceptions and anticipation, you'd have a simple time defending. I use a center back pairing of Kompany and SIF Jags and I'm yet to find a pace abuser who can beat them. Remarkable tackling and strength on both of them. I absolutely LOVE that they're focussing more on defense next year. I couldn't be more excited. Also I appreciate that you included positives about the next game rather than the usual "EAids" "FIFA 16 looks shit" etc.

On what grounds? I am excited for FIFA 16 especially if the whole balance thing is true. I like playing nice football on 15 but often come up against people who value pace to the extreme and try run through etc.My point is that Pace will always be a nice stat to have. If you have a player who is 80 pace and a player who is 62 pace with similar stats elsewhere you choose the cheapest Fut 16 coins. Pace is important in real football and FIFA should reflect that however yes I do think it needs to be toned down for 16.

Fifa 16 is going to be funny at first, seeing how those ppl who don't actually know how to play a football game struggle and cry because they cannot zigzag and abuse aubameyang and chip through balls whilst I get to division 1 in a breeze playing 'Beautiful football' (Pelé voice from trailer)

Pace variances between players has been tweaked along with the improved defensive AI for 16. Going to make the abuse players a lot less abusive.

My fear for 16 at this stage is a little bit too much 'parity' between the best and worst players. Is the AI going to make the good defenders and the best defenders too similar? Is it going to be death by tiki-taka instead?

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The one that pisses me of is players not coming close when you pass them. When they just stand there the game becomes more stiff. Also hate that player who is rated 74 or something (Luis Muriel) is far better than player rated 88 (Falcao). They should make the game more slower. Because now you just pass it to Aubameyang and he starts running and oh my god its a goal. Keepers are retarded. If attacker is running towards keeper and the keeper is running towards attacker they just stand there when the attacker runs past him. And also why cant keepers have red cards. Once Buffon saved a shot when he was outside the box because there are no hand fouls??

Sometimes when the goalie comes out to clear the ball, he will control it with his feet and start dribbling.When you search for a manger or position change, some of your parameters are lost when exiting a search. For example, if you search for CDM -> CM for <300 cheap Fifa 16 coins, then back out to make a different or more specific search, you have to reselect CDM -> CM for some reason.

Not receiving tournament prize for winning the final in extra time/on penalties (I know that EA has a system called "Team of the Tournament" for selecting the tournament prize winner, but this feature really needs to go).Not being able to add parameters for league/country after you've already selected a player in a market search. It doesn't matter at the beginning of the year, but it makes searching for winter/summer transfers a little tricky (this one is very minor, I'll admit).

Good idea for getting this together. I'll edit more glitches/broken mechanics into my post as I remember them.Defenders not reacting to commands when under the slightest amount of pressure (not passing the ball away and running in a straight line until the striker tackles them or they run out of play, despite pressing A)Player name bars disappearing after a dead ball.

Inability to search for IFs/transferred versions of cards in FUTSearch filters applying to all categories in the transfer market i.e. If I search for a bronze fitness card between 300 and 700 Fifa coins then those same filters are added to the players, staff and club items sections too, meaning I have to reset them individually.

Players back-heeling the ball unnecessarily, especially frequent inside my own box which is where it should happen the least.

Players ignoring instructions I set them (I told you to stay back when we attack, Matic!!)

Untradable players shouldn't appear at the end of your club, but in order of rating with the tradable ones instead. Such a pain when you have really good untradable players.

More of a general suggestion than a bug... but I think each player should have only 2/3 preferred positions (ones they've actually played in in real life) that they can be changed to and nothing else, which would stop people using the likes of IF Bale in CDM. So for instance Lahm can play CDM or RB, Messi can play ST or RW, Rooney in ST or CAM etc etc. This could mean only having one position change card in the game as well.Fitness/injury cards should be scrapped as they're a waste of pack space

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I used to play a lot of seasons matches with MC. I hit a ~35 yd shot with him to win a match once, which of course was met with messages of "that was a bullshit shot, you didn't get cheap Fifa 16 coins." I told my opponent that he clearly had no idea how to play the game, since he didn't know how to "Yaya Blast" with Yaya Toure.

He told me that wasn't a real thing, which of course it wasn't, but I wasn't backing down. Since I play Xbox, I told him that if you tap Y-A-Y-A in succession quickly enough, it will unleash an unblockable shot from anywhere inside the half. Told him to try it and get back to me, and if it didn't work I'd help him master it.

I'm not sure if he ever tried it or not, but I really hope he fucked up his next few matches trying to master the Yaya Blast.

Matic is really good but sometimes his pace DOES let him down. Besides Toure is a better player in ALL aspects. He's a better defender, creator and attacker. You essentially have a DLP (Deep-Lying Playmaker) that can look to set up plays as well as a more solid defensive player.

Now if you ask me if he's worth the extra 300k that's for you to decide but he is a clear upgrade from Matic.Funny review and fun to read but it'd be more valuable imo with less hyperbole and more actual experience. I'm thinking of getting him and I wanted to use this review as evidence that I should, but there's no credibility here "land set pieces from 40 yards out 10/10 times" and the whole post is reduced to a joke.

Just to reiterate: I'm not hating, but if your aim was more than humor, I think you missed.

One of the best CM's for sure. But, not the best CDM due to med defensive work rate as a lone CDM.

However, if you play formation with 2 CDM, definitely the best CDM available if paired with an CDM with high work rates on defense. (ramires/luiz gustavo/lahm etc.)

I got him in my free untradable Christmas pack and I've been constantly trying to get him into a team that works but he just plays like a shit Leroy Fer, I went from division 2-6 by trying to get him into my teams lol. Anyone have any tips or should I just accept he isn't my kind of player?

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You can come up with many reasons for it.Just like you could come up with many explanations for what you are experiencing and misconstruing as a "handicap". Don't forget I used to defend this position. And to an extent sometimes I find myself thinking it's there. But then logic takes over.

The evidence for handicap from different people who describe it is often self contradicting. People will say "it helps to have a low rated player" others will say "it helps to have a high rated player" etc etc.

Think about it this way. What is more likely. EA actually implemented a system like this and found a way to keep their 100s of employees in check somehow (not leaking this valuable information). Not to mention somehow testing different combinations to find which handicap produces the best pack purchases. Because you may very well create less demand for better cards by leveling out the competition.

They would have to do some intensive testing. Which again requires more employees which again is more people they would have to get some Fifa coins. OR In reality what you perceive as "handicap" is simply parts of code that you don't understand. There is tons of behavior for the AI that we simply don't get. Because we didn't program it. It works well with your examination. Think about it.

What you say definitely makes a lot of sense, but idk haha I honestly wouldn't put it past a huge corporation like EA to put the effort into it. Again, this game has been around for 20 years -- they've had more than enough time throughout the years of various releases to hone their methods and practices.

When all is said and done though, all I have to go off is my personal experience, and based on that I believe that it does really exist.

For something like this it would take 1 whisteblower. Considering the consequences..... you really think it would be worth it for them?

Basically "Guess what.... getting better cards is pointless because we decide who wins anyway... and I have proof because I was in that project, here are some emails I saved".

That alone is enough to discredit this theory in my eyes to be honest. No company would want that liability.

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I can't for the life of me fathom why EA implemented steroid cards into the game. Even more absurd is the fact that you are allowed to use them in online tournaments and seasons.

What is the logic behind it? Due to the ridiculous amount of cutscenes it will take you a minimum of an hour to reset your Fifa 16 account, just to discover your opponent has put a steroid card on every single player. How is it fair? It's just an enormous waste of time.

(This is a serious question, and not just a rant; I want to understand if there is a single good arguement for them. They go on talking about how they want to balance FIFA 16, surely they will remove steroid cards?)

Pack fillers. That's all really. Most of the cards in this game currently are just pack fillers. If they re-developed and changed how packs worked, they could remove almost everything but players.

They used to be in 09 because there was a system where a stat card would permanently increase the players attributes, (for example, you would have a +3 Pace, +2 DEF, -1 Shooting card) - but this was easily manipulated to the point where you could take any randy bronze and turn them in to a 99 gold card in no time at all. After they abandoned that system, they changed how the stat cards worked (a single game, rather than a permanent upgrade) however - I still believe they are only currently there as a pack filler.

I absolutely hate these things. Yesterday I played a guy with TOTY or TOTS versions of Ronaldo, Messi, Robben, Iniesta etc at every position, and he still put these cards on every single one of his players. He was obviously a coin buyer, and his super team was even more overpowered.

For all of the exploitative behaviors that occur in FUT, these steroid cards are the ones that bother me the most. The players that could fairly use them (those with bronze/silver teams) generally can't afford them, and it's only the players who have millions of Fifa coins that have them.

Since the goal of FUT as a game mode is to allow users to create their individual dream teams, I figure the attribute cards exist to allow someone to give a boost to their favorite player and help them be on par statistically with the higher rated players in the game.

Granted, the boost only lasts for one game, but the +10 allows you to play with an 86-rated Diego Valeri if you think he's underrated on his card as Timbers fan, or a gold-quality GK in your Colombian silver squad if you pulled or purchased Nelson Ramos.

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Yes I realize definitely it would be ideal to start it with a clean fifa. The price range system doesn't really work in this broken market with billions of glitched coins in it. I'm just saying they were going to piss people off either way. They'd rather piss everyone off now than when they are trying to sell a new game. Plus they don't want the coin sellers in business for another 5 months.

I'm not saying it doesn't suck, just that I understand their logic of doing it now.Well they just succeeded in removing at least some people from the market for their next game by doing this. I, for one, will absolutely refuse to buy FIFA 16 and any other EA product they put out in the future. I've only bought FIFA 13 before this year and refuse to deal with this sort of stuff from a developer. The game isn't that great without FUT, and they totally ruined the most unique aspect of it.

All of this is just poor business practices though. They're shooting themselves in the foot no matter whether they implement it now or with FIFA 16, so why not take a different course of action?

Personally I don't think it would've been such a bad idea if they did it with 16. The market would be adjusted according to the price fixes right off the bat. So I don't think it would have as much of an influence on the sales of the game.

Except the coin sellers are already back in business. Cheap coins will still be available, except there won't be any top tier players to spend the purchased coins on.

Plus people will buy a new FIFA even if there is tweaks made like that. This way they just prove that they can ruin a game in one fell swoop, so it's an indication that buying games in the future are at risk of this too. That's a bad reputation to sew.

I definitely agree that it would've been a good idea to announce the idea early, let criticism or public opinion play out, and then make a decision pre-launch whether to keep it or ditch it. But I do think it's something that only should've been implemented with a fresh market.

And I think there's a difference between fixing the glitches being easy and fixing the glitches being cheap. I don't doubt in my mind that they're fixable. But it is definitely something that's more expensive to fix than EA is willing to pay for. Based on EA's track record, I'd say the bar is set pretty low when it comes to how much they're willing to spend to fix things.

And that's really no excuse - look at what 343 Studios had to do to fix Halo:MCC. But they did it because they care about what the community deserves in a game. They knew that it would pay dividends later on if they bore the cost of fixing it, and now people are migrating back to the game. EA is doing the exact opposite thing here - that shouldn't be accepted or lauded.

It's a long arduous process where you buy Fifa 16 coins and have to talk to a sales rep online and they'll tell you a player to buy at his min and list at his max and they'll buy it from you, and you keep repeating this for as long as it takes to earn the amount of coins you bought. Personally haven't done it myself but saw it in another thread where someone had

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I see a lot of people saying that price bands will be a hell of a lot lower in 16. But to do this, surely EA will have to increase the drop rate of good players in packs. Otherwise people would simply just play games. If I could buy Ronaldo for 200k, say, I would never open another pack. Yet if they kept Ronaldo at 7m then a lot of people wouldn't bother buying the game. But, if Ronaldo was 200k and it was easy to pack him, then sure I'd probably buy some fifa points because it would make opening packs less pointless and more fun.

Assuming their ratings stay the same, this is how the top players should be priced for FIFA 16 imho:

That is a perfect example of your theory , im sure fut 12 had 70% less players than it has now ( its just a guess) . And i doubt there were bots farming coins 24/7 in fut12 also . Im sorry for insulting you , since your website is such an important place for many players like me , i should be thanking you instead of being mad . Sorry man .Not comparable is it? you get far more Fifa 16 coins from playing games now compared to FIFA12.. he'd be about 600-800k probably with no glitch coins

If bolasie was 50k on PC before the update now its only 440k-650k ... Im sure they are selling like hot bread now !

For prices to be like they are , people bought so many retarded amounts of coins i cant even imagine !